Mining Incidents

Midway Gravel Quarry: 4 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Vernie Houtchens
El Paso County, CO  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0503942

MSHA record for Midway Gravel Quarry (mine ID 0503942). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
1985–1993
Latest incident
Nov 1993
Ownership history
  1. Rock Lock Inc 1984 to 1988
  2. Midway Sand & Gravel Inc 1988 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Midway Gravel Quarry sits in El Paso County, Colorado, where the Census mining category is 0.2% of county employment.

Local economic context
County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
El Paso County, Colorado · Population 736,008
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$87,470
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

1993 · 1 incident

November 29, 1993 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Midway Sand & Gravel Inc · Struck by rolling or sliding object

EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING ROLLERS ON CONVEYORS BELT , USING A 3LB. SLEDGE HAMMER TO LOOSEN ROLLER. HE MISSED & HIT LEFT KNEE. PLANT & CONVEYOR WERE NOT IN OPERATION.

1992 · 2 incidents

July 8, 1992 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Midway Sand & Gravel Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE IS LABORER ON SCREEN PLANT. ROCK CAME OFF OVERHEAD BELT, HIT EMPLOYEE ON HARD HAT, BACK OF NECK & THEN CENTER OF HAND.

May 25, 1992 CO · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator MACHINERY
Midway Sand & Gravel Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING A BOLT WITH TORCH AND SPARKS FLASHED BACK INTO FACE. EMPLOYEE WAS NOT WEARING SAFETY EQUIPMENT PROVIDED BY EMPLOYER.

1985 · 1 incident

January 17, 1985 CO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator OTHER
Rock Lock Inc · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING FROM OUT PARTS TRAILER WITH A 10\ CHAIN, HE WAS ABOUT 20\ FROM THE TRAILER ALONG SIDE OF HIS OWN PICK-UP TRUCK WHEN HE PASSED OUT. HE WAS WEARING HIS SAFETY HAT AND DIDNT HIT HIS HEAD WHEN HE FELL. OTHER EMPLOYEES GAVE HIM C.P.R. BUT TO NO AVAIL AND HE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL IN A HELICOPTER BUT WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT 10:52 AM